Hexbears can have a little genocide, as a treat?

  • booty [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    5 months ago

    Unfortunately that is no longer true.

    Sorry, can you please clarify what is no longer true? It’s no longer true that genocide isn’t a joke? It’s no longer true that genocide isn’t something to take lightly? It’s no longer true that genocide is never a good thing? Please, set aside the irony poisoning for a second and try to justify any of these statements without sounding like a fascist.

    • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]@hexbear.net
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      5 months ago

      The point is that accusations of genocide are frequently bullshit, and when the topic is treated as sacrosanct it allows people to abuse it by attaching their bullshit lies and propaganda to the word. Most people on this website have been or would be accused of genocide denial for our stances on the “Uighur genocide,” and pearl clutching facilitates people not looking at the evidence critically. If you want to engage in every accusation seriously and in good faith, no matter how unreasonable it is, then you do you, but responding with over-the-top sarcastic/ironic acceptance of accusations is a common tactic around here. It’s why we have a clock telling us what time it is in Moscow, for instance.